The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has made a very controversial ruling concerning Second Amendment rights. NBC reports: A divided federal appeals court in California ruled Thursday that there is no constitutional right to carry a concealed handgun, adding to a division among the lower courts on gun rights outside the home. By…
It is my honor to introduce to Paul Tuma to TLR readers. He will be providing you guys with exclusive first looks at his latest political cartoons. His debut cartoon at TLR is, of course, in honor of the Libertarian Party’s own James Weeks, who felt it necessary to strip naked on stage during his…
By Ted Goodman Google co-founder Larry Page is secretly building flying cars, and has been for six years, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. Page has apparently personally invested in two aviation startups devoted to creating flying cars. Page has funded one startup, named Zee.Aero, with more than $100 million since its creation in 2010,…
Editor’s note: We were contacted by Drew Zahn, communications director for The FAMiLY LEADER, of which Bob Vander Plaats is president of, disputing some of the quotes used in this article and assuring us the Mr. Vander Plaats does not wish to oust Trump at the convention. Being as this is a piece run under…
By Eric Lieberman Prisons all across America are dealing with a huge problem: keeping cell phones out of the hands of inmates. Law enforcement entities, both local and national, are trying to decipher how contraband mobile phones are making it within the confines of the prison walls. More than 50 Georgia inmates were charged with corruption this…
A video making its rounds on the internet shows Hillary Clinton spouting off some Trump-like rhetoric about immigration. The video is older; judging from Clinton’s haircut, it was probably during her time serving as a Senator from New York or perhaps shortly before she ran. In the video Clinton sharply decries illegal immigration, calls for…
On Wednesday night, The Hill reported that Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) signed a bill allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana as a treatment for health conditions. The law will take effect in 90 days and medical marijuana must be made available within two years. “This is a joyous day for the thousands of Ohioans…
In recent times, Venezuela has been the object of many headlines across the globe that detail its current economic predicament. Once Latin America’s most stable country, Venezuela is now experiencing a historically unprecedented economic and social collapse. How did such a nation awash with bountiful oil reserves and numerous decades of democratic stability stoop to…
By Thomas Phippen Taxpayers may be paying half a billion dollars a year in fraudulent cell phone subsidies, according to a letter sent Wednesday by a senior Federal Communications Commission official. Ajit Pai, the senior Republican commissioner at the FCC, says there may be as many as 4.2 million duplicate recipients of Lifeline Assistance subsidies, also…
By Blake Neff A group of researchers has issued a dramatic corrections to a paper that linked political conservatism with psychotic traits. The paper in question was “Correlation not Causation: The Relationship between Personality Traits and Political Ideologies,” authored by Brad Verhulst and Lindon Eaves of Virginia Commonwealth University along with Peter Hatemi of Penn State University. The paper investigated the…